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Coroner IDs man found shot to death in residential area on east side

UPDATE: The Marion County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who was found shot to death in a car in the 3500 block of Graham Avenue Thursday night as 24-year-old Michael Hicks.

Hicks died from multiple gunshot wounds. His death has been ruled a homicide.

No other details have been released at this time.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police found a man dead in a car after a reported shooting Thursday night on the city’s east side.

Police and emergency medical crews were sent to a report of a person shot about shortly before 7:50 p.m. Thursday to a residential area in the 3500 block of Graham Avenue. That’s southwest of East 38th Street and North Arlington Avenue.

Capt. Larry Wheeler said a man was found with gunshot wounds and he died on the scene. Some witnesses have come forward, he said, but no immediate information was available on a suspect.

The car was in the street in front of a house.

The name of the man will be released by the county coroner once next-of-kin notifications are made.

Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.

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